Crazy stuff. I'm glad I use Ubuntu and OSX for my personal computing. Towards the end of last year one of my colleagues asked me to come and have a look at his computer because it contracted a virus. I'd never seen ransomware before but maaaan that stuff if brutal! I asked him what he did before it got infected and he told he he'd opened an email.

"Was it from someone you know?"

"No..."

"Did it have an attachment?"

"Yes!"

"Aaaah, and did you open it?"

"Yep...."

"Well, sorry, but you're fucked."

Unbelievable that people are still opening unsolicited email attachments.